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‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Star Salma Hayek Recalls Intense Racism She Experienced Early in Her Career — ‘You Were Born on the Wrong Side of the Border’

Even though Salma Hayek’s experienced sustained success in recent years, her road to the top has not been easy. As a Mexican-American woman actor, she’s faced a ton of discrimination within the movie business and had to fight for every opportunity she’s gotten. In fact, much earlier in her career, Hayek was told by studio executives that she was “born on the wrong side of the border,” and informed that she’d never be able to get a role that didn’t portray her as a maid or a drug dealer’s love interest.